Life Thru a Lens [Import]

Product Description
The former Take That leader's 1997 solo debut. 11 tracks, including the international hit singles 'Lazy Days', 'Angels', 'Old Before I Die' and 'Let Me Entertain You'. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Life Thru a Lens [Import]

Average customer rating: Gorgeous voice, mediocre album. Immature, but Robbie took off from this very first trial... A Powerhouse Debut Album by a Pop Genius All we dared hope for, and much much more. Brillant Album

Life Thru a Lens Robbie Williams Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: I've Been Expecting You Swing When You're Winning Intensive Care Sing When You're Winning Escapology ASIN: B000006X41 Release Date: 1999-05-21

Tracks:

1. Lazy Days
2. Life Thru A Lens
3. Ego A Go Go
4. Angels
5. South Of The Border
6. Old Before I Die
7. One Of God's Better People
8. Let Me Entertain You
9. Killing Me
10. Clean
11. Baby Girl Window

Album Description

The former Take That leader's 1997 solo debut. 11 tracks, including the international hit singles 'Lazy Days', 'Angels', 'Old Before I Die' and 'Let Me Entertain You'.

Album Details

First Solo CD from Ex-Take that Star. Tracks Include: Lazy Days, Old Before I Die, Angels and More.

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous voice, mediocre album. .......2005-03-07

Robbie Williams has a fabulous voice. Truly. But this album doesn't do the best job showcasing it. The songs are short and empty and the lyrics are very trite. It's entirely possible that I'm expecting more than a pop star can offer... but I have faith. I'm currently looking into Robbie's other albums. If this guy can pair up with a great songwriter, he'll be set for life.

Immature, but Robbie took off from this very first trial..........2003-09-26

I find it not easy to judge this album fairly for I began listening to it after purchasing the four later CDs from him. Undeniably this one is less powerful than other Robbie's megahits, but it's brilliant enough as a debut album. There were still resentment and uneasiness in his voice then. Nevertheless, I think everyone should commend Rob on his creativity and courage to release the album as he mocked on media explicitly and jeered his former partner from Take That but biggest enemy at that time- Gary Barlow. After so many years, songs like "Angels," "Old Before I Die," "Lazy Days," and so on still sound great to the ear, and Rob performs them regularly to keep those works alive.

Above all, if you're a loyal Rob fan, this one is a must-have to comprehend how his talent break out at the beginning. If not, I would recommend "I've Been Expecting You" or his latest "Escapology;" from them you can hear the genuine Rob style shine through.

A Powerhouse Debut Album by a Pop Genius.......2002-12-11

I remember when I first heard of Take That. It was in a video for a song called "It Only Takes A Minute". They were still a brand new boy band in the footsteps of New Kids On The Block but they were british. Out of the five members, Robbie Williams stood out. He was the funniest, cheekiest member and he seemed to have more personality than the others. At the end of the video, there was Robbie pointing his finger up and crooning the line 'Just one minute...'. It was funny. 4 years later, Robbie left Take That and the future didn't seem too bright for the lad. He made several public appearances afterwards, one being as a host of the MTV Europe Awards in the fall of 1996. Prior to that Robbie had done a cover version of George Michael's Freedom. Not too impressing work there and more of a mockery of his boy band image. But Robbie struggled to change that. He hung out with Oasis, grew a goatie for a brief time, and began venturing into Rock music.
Old Before I Die was the first non-pop song Robbie came out with that was an original song that he wrote along with an unknown, Guy Chambers. Highly influenced by Britain's biggest rock band, Oasis, Robbie wanted if not needed to get into the new mainstream since boy band music became a joke. After months of slacking, but not really slacking, Robbie returned with a full length album titled 'Life Thru A Lens' in September of 1997. I think i was the only guy who bought that CD at a Music store in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. And for some crazy reason, i felt like i really wanted to love this album since it felt weird just to hear Robbie on his own and see what he can prove. I was impressed, no...more, I was taken completely by every song on the CD!

The opener struck a chord with me, 'Lazy Days' is a song about depression. A very Oasis-esque tune with the right lyrics. 'Life Thru A Lens' the title track is a fun tune about life in the public eye. 'Ego A Go-Go' is a personal attack from Robbie to his rival and former bandmate Gary Barlow, and manager. 'Angels' is the biggest ballad ever heard or written since Wonderwall. Not only did it spark the light of Robbie in the british conscience, but it had people take Robbie extremely seriously. This is a fine love song. The chorus, each verse, the music all speak for themselves. To this day, Robbie's best song. 'South Of The Border' is another rocker in the influencial direction of Oasis. 'Let Me Entertain You' can easily be viewed as Robbie's signature song. He is here to entertain us. He's good at it. He's been doing it since 1992, the difference is that he used to do it along with four other guys, now he's entertaining on his own but outweighing the entire Take That installment.
'Killing Me' is the most open Robbie song. It's an essential song about Robbie most intimate feelings of insecurity and unhappiness. The depression he began having as a member of Take That and how he escaped it through pretending to be the joker of the group. Reminds you a lot of the way John Lennon was with the Beatles. In fact, Killing Me is in the same league as Isolation from Lennon's debut album 'Plastic Ono Band'. 'Clean' is another fun track where you hear Robbie rhyming 'I'm Clean' with 'Charlie Sheen' and talking about kicking his addictions to the evil substances. 'Baby Girl Window' is a touching song and a beautiful album closer.

Robbie became much bigger, musically and artistically only a year later when he released I've Been Expecting You and finally getting praise in America.

Highly Recommended.

A

All we dared hope for, and much much more........2001-06-07

Robbie may have gone on to make better (or at least more consistently satisfying) albums, but 'Life thru a lens' will always retain pride of place in the hearts of us Robbiephiles, when, what could have been a self-pitying play for sympathy (especially after that misjudged first single, the cover of 'Freedom'), turned out not to need any excuses whatsoever.

At the time, cred-building Robbie was finding succour in then-popular Oasis, and their baleful influence can be seen on songs like 'Lazy Days' and 'South of the Border', although he brings his own alchemical ingredients, like 'imagination' and 'wit', though, sadly, not 'melody'. There are a couple of lovely ballads here ('One of God's better people', 'Baby Girl Window'), and 'Clean' is an amusingly self-mocking take on the pop star misbehaving in public (Robbie's lyrics are so endearingly naive in their confessional literalism they frequently become clever and truthful).

It is, of course, the magnificent singles that sustain 'Lens', all using Robbie's 60s/70s/showbiz fascinations with intelligence: the speedpop ranting title track; the pubrock humility of 'Old Before I die'; the simultaneously arrogant and gracious 'Let me entertain you', a Kiss-tribute rock dazzler that easily out-pummells its source. Oh, and a trifle called 'Angels', a song of staggering (emotional) maturity, a ballad whose poignancy arises from the recognition that happiness, never mind perfection, is an ungraspable dream: it is, quite simply, one of the ten best songs ever written.

Brillant Album.......2001-05-13

I Got this yesterday, and have listened to it, and it is a great album! The upbeat songs Lazy Days, Life Through A Lens, Ego A Go Go, and Let Me Entertain You(my favorite), are great, and very funny. The Ballads Baby Girl Window, Killing Me, and Angels(my other favorite) are nice. This is a great album and very well made, like Sing When Your Winning, and The Ego Has Landed.

Average customer rating:

I've Been Expecting You/Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004VMN0

Average customer rating:

Life Thru a Lens Robbie Williams Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007M8U2 Release Date: 2000-12-06

Album Description

Robbies debut album from Japan. This Japanese pressingnot only features entirely different artwork to other press-ings, but adds two rare bonus tracks, 'Teenage Millionaire' & 'She Makes Me High'. Of the 13 tracks, this multi-plati-num debut album also fe

Album Details

First Solo CD from the Ex-take that Star that Successfully Launched his Solo Career. Within a Year after Release, Williams Had Ascended the Pop Hierarchy in the UK, Being Voited Favorite Male Artist in Numerous Polls. Tracks Include 'lazy Days', 'old Before I Die', the International Hit 'angels' and More. Limited Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: "She Makes Me High".

Average customer rating:

Life Thru a Lens Robbie Williams Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000BRHYG0 Release Date: 2002-01-10

Average customer rating: Gorgeous voice, mediocre album. Immature, but Robbie took off from this very first trial... A Powerhouse Debut Album by a Pop Genius All we dared hope for, and much much more. Brillant Album

Life Thru a Lens Robbie Williams Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: I've Been Expecting You Swing When You're Winning Intensive Care Sing When You're Winning Escapology ASIN: B00000JG8E Release Date: 1997-12-23

Tracks:

1. Lazy Days
2. Life Thru a Lens
3. Ego a Go Go
4. Angels
5. South of the Border
6. Old Before I Die
7. One of God's Better People
8. Let Me Entertain You
9. Killing Me
10. Clean
11. Baby Girl Window

Album Description

The former Take That leader's 1997 solo debut. 11 tracks, including the international hit singles 'Lazy Days', 'Angels', 'Old Before I Die' and 'Let Me Entertain You'.

Album Details

First Solo CD from Ex-Take that Star. Tracks Include: Lazy Days, Old Before I Die, Angels and More.

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous voice, mediocre album. .......2005-03-07

Robbie Williams has a fabulous voice. Truly. But this album doesn't do the best job showcasing it. The songs are short and empty and the lyrics are very trite. It's entirely possible that I'm expecting more than a pop star can offer... but I have faith. I'm currently looking into Robbie's other albums. If this guy can pair up with a great songwriter, he'll be set for life.

Immature, but Robbie took off from this very first trial..........2003-09-26

I find it not easy to judge this album fairly for I began listening to it after purchasing the four later CDs from him. Undeniably this one is less powerful than other Robbie's megahits, but it's brilliant enough as a debut album. There were still resentment and uneasiness in his voice then. Nevertheless, I think everyone should commend Rob on his creativity and courage to release the album as he mocked on media explicitly and jeered his former partner from Take That but biggest enemy at that time- Gary Barlow. After so many years, songs like "Angels," "Old Before I Die," "Lazy Days," and so on still sound great to the ear, and Rob performs them regularly to keep those works alive.

Above all, if you're a loyal Rob fan, this one is a must-have to comprehend how his talent break out at the beginning. If not, I would recommend "I've Been Expecting You" or his latest "Escapology;" from them you can hear the genuine Rob style shine through.

A Powerhouse Debut Album by a Pop Genius.......2002-12-11

I remember when I first heard of Take That. It was in a video for a song called "It Only Takes A Minute". They were still a brand new boy band in the footsteps of New Kids On The Block but they were british. Out of the five members, Robbie Williams stood out. He was the funniest, cheekiest member and he seemed to have more personality than the others. At the end of the video, there was Robbie pointing his finger up and crooning the line 'Just one minute...'. It was funny. 4 years later, Robbie left Take That and the future didn't seem too bright for the lad. He made several public appearances afterwards, one being as a host of the MTV Europe Awards in the fall of 1996. Prior to that Robbie had done a cover version of George Michael's Freedom. Not too impressing work there and more of a mockery of his boy band image. But Robbie struggled to change that. He hung out with Oasis, grew a goatie for a brief time, and began venturing into Rock music.
Old Before I Die was the first non-pop song Robbie came out with that was an original song that he wrote along with an unknown, Guy Chambers. Highly influenced by Britain's biggest rock band, Oasis, Robbie wanted if not needed to get into the new mainstream since boy band music became a joke. After months of slacking, but not really slacking, Robbie returned with a full length album titled 'Life Thru A Lens' in September of 1997. I think i was the only guy who bought that CD at a Music store in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. And for some crazy reason, i felt like i really wanted to love this album since it felt weird just to hear Robbie on his own and see what he can prove. I was impressed, no...more, I was taken completely by every song on the CD!

The opener struck a chord with me, 'Lazy Days' is a song about depression. A very Oasis-esque tune with the right lyrics. 'Life Thru A Lens' the title track is a fun tune about life in the public eye. 'Ego A Go-Go' is a personal attack from Robbie to his rival and former bandmate Gary Barlow, and manager. 'Angels' is the biggest ballad ever heard or written since Wonderwall. Not only did it spark the light of Robbie in the british conscience, but it had people take Robbie extremely seriously. This is a fine love song. The chorus, each verse, the music all speak for themselves. To this day, Robbie's best song. 'South Of The Border' is another rocker in the influencial direction of Oasis. 'Let Me Entertain You' can easily be viewed as Robbie's signature song. He is here to entertain us. He's good at it. He's been doing it since 1992, the difference is that he used to do it along with four other guys, now he's entertaining on his own but outweighing the entire Take That installment.
'Killing Me' is the most open Robbie song. It's an essential song about Robbie most intimate feelings of insecurity and unhappiness. The depression he began having as a member of Take That and how he escaped it through pretending to be the joker of the group. Reminds you a lot of the way John Lennon was with the Beatles. In fact, Killing Me is in the same league as Isolation from Lennon's debut album 'Plastic Ono Band'. 'Clean' is another fun track where you hear Robbie rhyming 'I'm Clean' with 'Charlie Sheen' and talking about kicking his addictions to the evil substances. 'Baby Girl Window' is a touching song and a beautiful album closer.

Robbie became much bigger, musically and artistically only a year later when he released I've Been Expecting You and finally getting praise in America.

Highly Recommended.

A

All we dared hope for, and much much more........2001-06-07

Robbie may have gone on to make better (or at least more consistently satisfying) albums, but 'Life thru a lens' will always retain pride of place in the hearts of us Robbiephiles, when, what could have been a self-pitying play for sympathy (especially after that misjudged first single, the cover of 'Freedom'), turned out not to need any excuses whatsoever.

At the time, cred-building Robbie was finding succour in then-popular Oasis, and their baleful influence can be seen on songs like 'Lazy Days' and 'South of the Border', although he brings his own alchemical ingredients, like 'imagination' and 'wit', though, sadly, not 'melody'. There are a couple of lovely ballads here ('One of God's better people', 'Baby Girl Window'), and 'Clean' is an amusingly self-mocking take on the pop star misbehaving in public (Robbie's lyrics are so endearingly naive in their confessional literalism they frequently become clever and truthful).

It is, of course, the magnificent singles that sustain 'Lens', all using Robbie's 60s/70s/showbiz fascinations with intelligence: the speedpop ranting title track; the pubrock humility of 'Old Before I die'; the simultaneously arrogant and gracious 'Let me entertain you', a Kiss-tribute rock dazzler that easily out-pummells its source. Oh, and a trifle called 'Angels', a song of staggering (emotional) maturity, a ballad whose poignancy arises from the recognition that happiness, never mind perfection, is an ungraspable dream: it is, quite simply, one of the ten best songs ever written.

Brillant Album.......2001-05-13

I Got this yesterday, and have listened to it, and it is a great album! The upbeat songs Lazy Days, Life Through A Lens, Ego A Go Go, and Let Me Entertain You(my favorite), are great, and very funny. The Ballads Baby Girl Window, Killing Me, and Angels(my other favorite) are nice. This is a great album and very well made, like Sing When Your Winning, and The Ego Has Landed.

Average customer rating: There's life after Take That More than great Can I give it 10 stars? Robbie at his best Enjoy it for waht it is - simply a great r'n'r album

Life Thru a Lens Robbie Williams Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003Q1X Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

1. Lazy Days
2. Life Thru A Lens
3. Ego A Go Go
4. Angels...
5. South of the Border
6. Old Before I Die
7. One of God's Better People
8. Let Me Entertain You
9. Killing Me
10. Clean
11. Baby Girl Window

Customer Reviews:

There's life after Take That.......1999-02-24

When Robbie left Take That, many thought that this would be the end of his musical career and he would slink into oblivion. But, thankfully, he provided us all wrong. A brilliant first album, not only proving what a good singer he is but also that he can pen some brilliant tunes. The best song on the album...."Angels" of course, a song that he never sings live as the audience always sing it for him.

More than great.......1999-01-15

Unique and unexpected are the right words to express my feeling about the album. Plus a little bit understanding about the story behind the creation of the songs, this album raised the spirits, like Robbie emerged from his darkness. "I've been expecting you" is great as well as this album. And I will always expecting the next robbie's things. By the way, I have a question why there always a long empty space after the last song on these albums before it stops? It's quiet bothering me when I listening the song in random.

Can I give it 10 stars?.......1998-11-23

A brilliant album that is filled with catchy tunes. There is something for everybody. Listen to the lyrics, and you'll get a totally different view upon life. Robbie had definetely proved that he's a very talented singer/songwriter. Make sure also to check out his second album, I've been expecting you. It's even better than Life thru a lens........

Robbie at his best.......1998-10-29

Ok.. Most of you will remember Robbie for his days in Take That, and, thankfully, this album contains no references to the terrible cheesy band. Having seen Robbie live several times, he may appear to be rather obnoxious, but the songs on the album are very varied, emotional, and, in my opinion, simply excellent. If you don't agree with me, you can always send it back!

Enjoy it for waht it is - simply a great r'n'r album.......1998-09-28

You could go into all sort of deep and meaningful studies of the emotion, the turmoil and the angst that produced these songs, but why. Take it at face value, which basically is a great set of sing a long songs and an album I'll regularly be putting in the CD player over the next "x" number of years

Average customer rating: Life Thru a Lens

Life Thru a Lens Robbie Williams Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britpop | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000026WVA Release Date: 2002-01-10

Tracks:

1. Lazy Days
2. Life Thru A Lens
3. Ego A Go Go
4. Angels
5. South Of The Border
6. Old Before I Die
7. One Of God's Better People
8. Let Me Entertain You
9. Killing Me
10. Clean
11. Baby Girl Window
12. Teenage Millionaire
13. She Makes Me High

Album Description

Robbies debut album from Japan. This Japanese pressing not only features entirely different artwork to other press-ings, but adds two rare bonus tracks, 'Teenage Millionaire' & 'She Makes Me High'. Of the 13 tracks, this multi-plati- num debut album also features the hit singles, 'Angels' , 'Let Me Entertain You', 'Old Before I Die', 'Lazy Days' and more. Also includes lyrics to all tracks. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Album Details

First Solo CD from the Ex-take that Star that Successfully Launched his Solo Career. Within a Year after Release, Williams Had Ascended the Pop Hierarchy in the UK, Being Voited Favorite Male Artist in Numerous Polls. Tracks Include 'lazy Days', 'old Before I Die', the International Hit 'angels' and More. Includes Two Bonus Tracks: 'teenage Millionaire' and 'she Makes Me High.'

Customer Reviews:

Life Thru a Lens.......2001-03-24

Recently, a friend of mine got me listening to Robbie Williams by sending me this CD. I think it's AWESOME!!! Robbie Williams is very talented, versatile...and has a fanstastic voice. The songs are varied and appeal to many different musical tastes. Angels is a very beautiful and melodic song. You really get an idea of what a musician goes through with the public. Make sure you listen to the tongue-in-cheek poem at the end of the cd. It's a bonus you don't even know is there unless you just let the cd run.

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